Electroencephalographic features of temporal lobe epilepsy

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-448

  Jan, Mohammed M ^a   Sadler, Mark ^b   Rahey, Susan R ^c  

^a King Abdulaziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Capital District Health Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR TEMPORAL ELECTRODE; ARTIFACT; DELTA RHYTHM; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FORAMEN OVALE ELECTRODE; HUMAN; ICTAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTERICTAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTRACEREBRAL ELECTRODE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ELECTRODE; POSTICTAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHENOID ELECTRODE; STEREOELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; BRAIN; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS;

EID: 77953331932     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100010441     Document Type: Review

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